4th Grade

Fourth grade is a huge year for organization, responsibility, and accountability. Through careful modeling and demonstration, students are able to practice these ideals in addition to time management. Students utilize their written agenda, homework calendar, Google Classroom, and more. It’s such an exciting year as they watch each other grow in independent thinking and self-control, especially with brain breaks, review games, field trips, and projects.

Mrs. Tara Stocks, Teacher
Ms. Mackenzie “Kenzie” Brandos, Aide

Our classroom is centered around high expectations, consistency, and positive reinforcement.  Fourth grade follows the CA Content Standards with an emphasis on fluency, reading comprehension, writing skills, foundational math concepts, parts of speech, and most exciting, the history of our state!  The assignments range from written to digital, whole group to small group to independent. 

The twenty-one California missions are studied in 4th grade!  Each student researches a specific mission and completes a written report.  In addition, they complete a visual folder project to display and do an oral presentation.  

Students also complete various art projects in each subject.  In Social Studies, they design their own state seal and state license plate. In Science, one project is a three dimensional model of the Earth’s layers. 

We take four field trips! Banning Museum, Star Eco Station, and Mission San Juan Capistrano are three local day trips. The fourth grade also travels to Sacramento in May each year for a three day trip visiting museums, the Capitol, and even mine for gold!

Homework is assigned in alignment with what is currently being learned in the classroom. It is designed not as busy work, but to reinforce weekly concepts. It is every night with the exception of Fridays in the 1st Trimester and 2nd Trimester. If there is a test or project, there may be weekend studying/preparing. During the 3rd trimester, there may be weekend homework if classwork is not complete.

Homework should take no more than 40 – 60 minutes to complete. This does not include the breaks/distractions in between.

The 4th grade class utilizes their school-issued Chromebook daily for most subjects, including Spelling, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Science, and Social Studies. Students learn to work with Google documents, Google slides, Google Classroom, and email. The assignments online are classwork, homework, and assessments.